Ayyub Malik vs State of Uttarakhand

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2026 Supreme(SC) 357

VIKRAM NATH, N. V. ANJARIA
Ayyub Malik – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttarakhand – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran, Adv. Mr. Ashish Kumar Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Abhishek Shrivastav, Adv. Ms. Maitri Goal, Adv. Mr. Ritik Pandey, Adv. Mr. Varun Ranjan, Adv. Mr. Anubhav Chaturvedi, Adv. Mr. Sachin Kumar Verma, Adv.
For the Respondent(s): Ms. Saakshi Singh Rawat, Adv. Mr. Sunny Sachin Rawat, Adv. Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat, AOR

Table of Content
1. justice must align with facts and circumstances. (Para 1 , 2)
2. filing of fir and charge sheet proceedings against appellant no.1. (Para 3)
3. submission of marriage and consensual relationship by appellants. (Para 4 , 5)
4. marriage and subsequent living arrangements impact legal proceedings. (Para 6)
5. immediate resolution of ongoing proceedings in light of marriage. (Para 7 , 8)
6. impugned judgment set aside, appeal allowed. (Para 9 , 10)

JUDGMENT

N.V. ANJARIA, J.

Leave granted.

Aim of all legal proceedings is to arrive at justice, a meaningful and substantive. In some cases, the justice is done by bringing home the outcome in accordance with law, whereas in some matters, the action in law would deserve to be halted soon and terminated discontinuing the process, yielding to the legitimate demand of facts and warrant of circumstances.

2. Heard learned counsel Mr. P.V. Yogeswaran along with learned advocate-on-record Mr. Ashish Kumar Upadhyay appearing for the appellants and learned counsel Ms. Saakshi Singh Rawat along with learned advocate-on-record Mr. Sudarshan Singh Rawat for the respondents.

2.1 Ayyub Malik-appellant No.1 herein and Shahzadi-appellant No.2 herein,

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